20 more arrests made in takedown of violent SoCal gang

September 25th, 2009 Mexico Police arrest 5 in drug rehab executionsCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. Police say the men were members of the Sinaloa cartel, a violent gang entrenched in a brutal turf war for control of drug routes to the United States.

September 22nd, 2009 LA-area street gang targeted by massive raidsLOS ANGELES — More than 1,000 federal and local law enforcement officials are carrying out raids around the Los Angeles area Tuesday, targeting a street gang accused of everything from drug dealing to murder. About 1,300 officers and agents began going door to door before dawn.

September 9th, 2009 Journalists arrested for alleged drug gang payoffsVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Two rural journalists have been arrested for allegedly working as informants for a violent drug trafficking cartel, according to courts in the southern Mexico state of Tabasco. Newspaper correspondents Roberto Juarez and Lazaro Abreu Tejero Sanchez are being held on charges that they accepted thousands of dollars from the Zetas, a fierce drug gang aligned with the Gulf cartel, the state court system said in a news release.

July 21st, 2009 Hearing begins in case of gay SoCal teen slayingVENTURA, Calif. — A police sergeant says a Southern California junior high school student made threats about a gay classmate a day before he allegedly shot him.

July 13th, 2009 SoCal teen back in US waters in record attemptSAN DIEGO — Southern California teenager Zac Sunderland has sailed back into U.S. waters, meaning he has only about 100 miles to go to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.

July 10th, 2009 Nationwide roundup nets more than 35,000 fugitivesCHICAGO — Police searching for fugitive sex offenders, violent criminals and gang members made more than 35,000 arrests nationwide during an annual monthlong crackdown — the most in the roundup's 5-year history and nearly double the number from last year — authorities announced Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Service said the latest "Operation Falcon" captured 433 murder suspects and 900 gang members.

July 9th, 2009 National roundup nets more than 35,000 fugitivesCHICAGO — Police searching for fugitive sex offenders, violent criminals and gang members made more than 35,000 arrests nationwide during an annual monthlong crackdown — the most in the roundup's 5-year history and nearly double the number from last year — authorities announced Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Service said the latest "Operation Falcon" captured 433 murder suspects and 900 gang members.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An auto lifters' gang operating in the south Delhi area was busted here Sunday with the arrest of six people, police said. The leader of the gang, Manoj Kumar alias Thakur, 22, and his accomplices Manoj alias Jagga, 22, Shashank, 19, Dipanker, 24 - all residents of south Delhi - as well as Ajeet Kumar, 21, and Sanjay Kumar, 22, residents of Ghaziabad and Baraut in Uttar Pradesh were arrested Sunday.

July 1st, 2009 Bail denied for LA gang member turned activistLOS ANGELES — A judge has denied bail for a former Los Angeles gang member turned anti-gang activist who is accused of still participating in a notorious prison gang. A federal magistrate judge said Tuesday that 37-year-old Alex Sanchez has a criminal history and could seek revenge.

June 19th, 2009 36 alleged gang members arrested in DetroitDETROIT — Thirty-six alleged members of four violent Detroit street gangs have been arrested and charged with immigration, probation violation, weapons and a variety of other crimes. Officials said Friday seven of those arrested were non-U.S.

June 17th, 2009 Indictment says LA street gang killed infantLOS ANGELES — A federal indictment alleges Los Angeles gang members killed a 3-week-old baby in a stroller while trying to shoot a street vendor who refused to pay the gang. The racketeering indictment unsealed Tuesday says a clique of the 18th Street gang terrorized a neighborhood around MacArthur Park for years.

June 3rd, 2009 Correction: Racist Gang Shootings storyLOS ANGELES — In a May 22 story about the role race plays in gang crime, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Robin Toma said he heard anti-immigrant sentiment from black residents in the Hawaiian Gardens area after a gang sweep. Toma, the executive director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, was referring to blog comments and did not know the race or location of the bloggers.

May 3rd, 2009 Motorcycle gang investigated in 3 deathsST. LOUIS — Law enforcement officers are investigating a motorcycle gang called the Invaders in connection with the 2007 deaths of two St.

April 30th, 2009 Mexico nabs drug gang leader on most-wanted listMEXICO CITY — Mexican police have arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers. Federal police say Sauceda Gamboa was detained in the border city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

April 23rd, 2009 Calif. police seek dad who had son, 7, tattooedFRESNO, Calif. — Police in California are looking for a man accused of holding down his 7-year-old son while another man tattooed the child's belly with a street gang sign.